“Granit, cease fire!”

Russian artillery heavily pounded its own forces in July 2023 for two hours.

EW was suppressing the communication all this time.

Turkish President Erdoğan:

Biden and I had a quick chat. The F-16 issue also came up. It is not right to link the F-16 issue to Sweden.

They say Sweden & Sweden, this approach makes us sad.

My answer is that you say everything is about the Congress, my Congress is the Turkish Grand National Assembly.

It is not possible for me to say yes to this decision unless it is passed by the Turkish Grand National Assembly.

Sweden needs to do its part.

Turkish President Erdogan:

I will probably have a phone call with Pashinyan tomorrow. These steps taken now in Karabakh are not correct.

It is not possible to accept it. We do not view this positively either.

High-ranking delegation of the Iranian Armed Forces led by Major General Mahammad Ahadi walking through the Trophy Park in Baku, literally littered with Armenian equipment destroyed in 2020.

One of the Ukrainian Army’s decision centers.

Israel’s Mossad chief David Barnea:

Iran intends to provide Russia with short- and long-range missiles in addition to UAVs.

In response, the Russian Federation may transfer weapons to Iran that could “jeopardize the existence of Israel”.

We fear that the Russians will give the Iranians in return what they lack, advanced weapons that will certainly endanger our peace and perhaps even our existence here.

South Korea turns to Türkiye for UAV cooperation

South Korea is planning to cooperate with Türkiye, whose experience and expertise it trusts.

Turkish President Erdogan and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol discussed ways to expand partnerships in the defense industry focusing on UAVs, military transport aircraft and other weapons.

Erdogan said the defense industry partnership should expand to cover UAVs, military aircraft and armored vehicles.

South Korea is expected to learn UAV technology and operating skills based on Türkiye’s experience and expertise in the field.

WSJ:

Ukrainian pilots may begin using F-16s in combat as early as February 2024.

The first pilots with a good command of English can be trained in five months. It is noted that this is the assessment of the Ukrainian side.

The first group of fewer than 10 people is expected to begin training at Morris Air National Guard Base in Tucson, Arizona. They are the first to switch to the F-16.

At the same time, dozens of Ukrainian pilots will begin studying English at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

The American side is more reserved in its forecasts. F-16s require approximately 16 hours of maintenance on the ground per hour of the vehicle in the air.

Training technicians can be more difficult than training pilots.

German-supplied Ukrainian Pionierpanzer 2A1 Dachs engineering vehicle digs out stuck Ukrainian T-80BV tank for its subsequent evacuation.

Training firings of Russian T-55A tanks in service with the 1430th motorized rifle regiment.

Top U.S. General Milley:

Ukraine has little more than 30 days left of fighting before the weather hinders its counter-offensive.

There's still a reasonable amount of time, probably about 30 to 45 days' worth of fighting weather left, so the Ukrainians aren't done.

German government instructed Rheinmetall to deliver 40 more Marder IFVs to Ukraine.

The total number of Marder received by Ukraine to reach 80.

Kim Jong-un travels to Russia to meet with Putin

The movement of the DPRK leader by train to the northeastern border is reported by the South Korean TV channel YTN.

It is expected that the meeting with Putin will take place the day after tomorrow.

The meeting is expected to focus on the supply of ammunition to Moscow.

Evacuated remains of Ukraine's destroyed French-made 155mm CAESAR self-propelled howitzer transferred by Denmark on a Tatra T815 (8x8) wheeled chassis.

Ukrainian mock-up of Stugna-P ATGM to mislead Russian strikes.

#BREAKING Ukrainian Military Intelligence (GUR) says Ukraine has liberated oil and gas drilling platforms near the coast of Crimea in the Black Sea, Boyka Towers.

Russia occupied them in 2015, and with the beginning of the full-scale invasion, used them for military purposes.

In particular, as helipads and for placing radar equipment.